Janet

Diminutive of Jane

"God is gracious"

Janet Origin and Meaning

Variation of Jane

Janet Rank in US Top 1000

# 951 in the US

Janet Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 804 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Janet

• 804 Nameberry 2025
• 928 Unique 2022

20 Names Similar to Janet

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• Jeanette
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Famous People Named Janet

• Janet Damita Jo Jackson American pop singer
• Janet Leigh (born Jeanette Helen Morrison) American actress
• Laura Augusta "Janet" Gaynor American actress
• Janet Wood Reno former U.S. attorney general
• Janet Ann Napolitano former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and Arizona governor
• Janet McTeer English actress
• Janet Beth Evans American Olympic swimmer
• Janet Norton Lee Bouvier mother of U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
• Janet Evanovich American novelist
• Janet Susan Mary "Viva" Hoffman American actress
• Janet E. A. Henfrey English actress
• Janet Maslin American journalist and movie critic
• Janet Lee Taiwanese,American tennis player
• Janet Vera (Ardern/Bull) Street Porter, English media personality
• Jeanette Marie "Janet" Waldo American actress
• Janet Carol Wolfenbarger highest,ranking woman in the U.S. Air Force
• Janet Wright Canadian actress and director
• Janet Louise Yellen American economist and Federal Reserve Chair
• Janet Meakin Poor American landscape designer
• Janet Elizabeth Lennon singer with American girl group The Lennon Sisters
• Janet Lynn American Olympic figure skater
• Janet Rosenberg Jagan 6th President of Guyana
• Janet Carr Australian TV producer
• Janet Michelle Ellis English TV presenter and actress
• Janet Fielding (born Janet Claire Mahoney) English actress
• Janet Steeper Burkle great,grandniece of the Wright brothers and wife of billionaire Ron Burkle
• Janet Kay (born Janet Bogle) English singer and actress
• Janet Suzman South African actress
• Janet Andrewartha Australian actress

The name Janet in Pop Culture

• Janet Scott a police officer and titular character in the British drama "Scott & Bailey", played by Lesley Sharp
• Janet Weiss character in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
• Janet van Dyne the Wasp in the Marvel Comics
• Interplanet Janet character on TV's "Schoolhouse Rock"
• Janet Wood character on TV's "Three's Company"
• Janet and John main characters in British postwar primary school reading textbooks
• Janet character in The Magic School Bus series
• Janet Kim main character on TV's "Kim's Convenience"
• Janet "Jay" Kyle character on TV's "My Wife and Kids"
• Janet Leach character in the movie "Appropriate Adult"
• Janet "Butterfly" Taylor character in the Orphans series by V.C. Andrews
• Janet Armstrong character in G. A. Henty's, Both Sides the Border
• Janet Robins character in the "St. Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• Janet Smythe character on TV's "Best Friends Whenever"
• Janet van de Graaff character in musical "The Drowsy Chaperone"
• "Janet King " Australian TV drama and its main character
• "Janet's Big Dance Number " song by Frank Zappa
• Janet character in American sitcom "The Good Place"
• Janet (Jenny) Flora Arabella Murray née Fraser character in Outlander

International Variations of the name Janet

• Zaneta Russian
• Gianetta Italian
• Sioned Welsh
• Janneth Scottish